UVic Geography
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Official account of @universityofvictoria Department of Geography. We do some really cool stuff.
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We’re bringing geoscience🔬 to life at Geodiversity Fest! 🌍
Visit Geography’s table + Kids Zone activity “BC’s Ice Age Melt Out.” ❄️Open to all ages and on tomorrow November 8th from 10am to 3pm at the Royal BC Museum
Learn more 👉 www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events...
#GeoLife #UVic
Visit Geography’s table + Kids Zone activity “BC’s Ice Age Melt Out.” ❄️Open to all ages and on tomorrow November 8th from 10am to 3pm at the Royal BC Museum
Learn more 👉 www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events...
#GeoLife #UVic
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
We’re bringing geoscience🔬 to life at Geodiversity Fest! 🌍
Visit Geography’s table + Kids Zone activity “BC’s Ice Age Melt Out.” ❄️Open to all ages and on tomorrow November 8th from 10am to 3pm at the Royal BC Museum
Learn more 👉 www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events...
#GeoLife #UVic
Visit Geography’s table + Kids Zone activity “BC’s Ice Age Melt Out.” ❄️Open to all ages and on tomorrow November 8th from 10am to 3pm at the Royal BC Museum
Learn more 👉 www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/events...
#GeoLife #UVic
We want you to meet Georgia, our resident cuddle expert💕
At 7 years old, this Bernese Mountain Dog has retired from her puppy-raising days and is now living her best life — making friends when she visits campus and working the room for beef liver treats 🐶
#UVicGeography #UVic #UniLife
At 7 years old, this Bernese Mountain Dog has retired from her puppy-raising days and is now living her best life — making friends when she visits campus and working the room for beef liver treats 🐶
#UVicGeography #UVic #UniLife
November 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
We want you to meet Georgia, our resident cuddle expert💕
At 7 years old, this Bernese Mountain Dog has retired from her puppy-raising days and is now living her best life — making friends when she visits campus and working the room for beef liver treats 🐶
#UVicGeography #UVic #UniLife
At 7 years old, this Bernese Mountain Dog has retired from her puppy-raising days and is now living her best life — making friends when she visits campus and working the room for beef liver treats 🐶
#UVicGeography #UVic #UniLife
The Department of Geography invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Indigenous Geographies, preferably with a focus on Human–Environment Relationships.
Read more 👉 www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
Read more 👉 www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
November 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The Department of Geography invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Indigenous Geographies, preferably with a focus on Human–Environment Relationships.
Read more 👉 www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
Read more 👉 www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
Beyond the Degree 🌍
Ever wondered where a degree in Geography can take you?
We're kicking off our new mini-series Beyond the Degree with UVic Geography alum🎓 Chris Krasowski
💬 “Be persistent, practical, and positive. Stay open to unexpected paths.”
📍 UVic Geography
Ever wondered where a degree in Geography can take you?
We're kicking off our new mini-series Beyond the Degree with UVic Geography alum🎓 Chris Krasowski
💬 “Be persistent, practical, and positive. Stay open to unexpected paths.”
📍 UVic Geography
October 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Beyond the Degree 🌍
Ever wondered where a degree in Geography can take you?
We're kicking off our new mini-series Beyond the Degree with UVic Geography alum🎓 Chris Krasowski
💬 “Be persistent, practical, and positive. Stay open to unexpected paths.”
📍 UVic Geography
Ever wondered where a degree in Geography can take you?
We're kicking off our new mini-series Beyond the Degree with UVic Geography alum🎓 Chris Krasowski
💬 “Be persistent, practical, and positive. Stay open to unexpected paths.”
📍 UVic Geography
Throwing it back to the Cornett era—when the Geography Department called this building home for many years!
🗺️✨ Fast-forward to today, and you’ll find the one and only Professor Ian O’Connell lecturing within those same walls.
🗺️✨ Fast-forward to today, and you’ll find the one and only Professor Ian O’Connell lecturing within those same walls.
October 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Throwing it back to the Cornett era—when the Geography Department called this building home for many years!
🗺️✨ Fast-forward to today, and you’ll find the one and only Professor Ian O’Connell lecturing within those same walls.
🗺️✨ Fast-forward to today, and you’ll find the one and only Professor Ian O’Connell lecturing within those same walls.
🌍 Mapping Minds: Meet David Atkinson, Professor & Acting Chair 🌍
In our third Mapping Minds feature, we catch up with David about northern landscapes, slide rulers, and why helping students succeed is the best part of the job.
Sign up at the link in bio so you don’t miss a Borderline newsletter
In our third Mapping Minds feature, we catch up with David about northern landscapes, slide rulers, and why helping students succeed is the best part of the job.
Sign up at the link in bio so you don’t miss a Borderline newsletter
October 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
🌍 Mapping Minds: Meet David Atkinson, Professor & Acting Chair 🌍
In our third Mapping Minds feature, we catch up with David about northern landscapes, slide rulers, and why helping students succeed is the best part of the job.
Sign up at the link in bio so you don’t miss a Borderline newsletter
In our third Mapping Minds feature, we catch up with David about northern landscapes, slide rulers, and why helping students succeed is the best part of the job.
Sign up at the link in bio so you don’t miss a Borderline newsletter
🗻Taryn Neligan is currently working near Dawson City, excavating a trench across the Tintina Fault. By analyzing offset sediment layers, we're looking for signs of past surface-rupturing earthquakes to better understand how often large quakes have occurred in the region
October 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
🗻Taryn Neligan is currently working near Dawson City, excavating a trench across the Tintina Fault. By analyzing offset sediment layers, we're looking for signs of past surface-rupturing earthquakes to better understand how often large quakes have occurred in the region
📸 Archive Adventure #3 ✨
We’re taking it back with this throwback of the Gordon Head neighbourhood and UVic residence buildings — long before today’s buzz! 🏘️🎓
🍂 Wishing everyone a cozy and restful Thanksgiving!
Hope it’s filled with good food, good company, and maybe a few throwbacks of your own
We’re taking it back with this throwback of the Gordon Head neighbourhood and UVic residence buildings — long before today’s buzz! 🏘️🎓
🍂 Wishing everyone a cozy and restful Thanksgiving!
Hope it’s filled with good food, good company, and maybe a few throwbacks of your own
October 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
📸 Archive Adventure #3 ✨
We’re taking it back with this throwback of the Gordon Head neighbourhood and UVic residence buildings — long before today’s buzz! 🏘️🎓
🍂 Wishing everyone a cozy and restful Thanksgiving!
Hope it’s filled with good food, good company, and maybe a few throwbacks of your own
We’re taking it back with this throwback of the Gordon Head neighbourhood and UVic residence buildings — long before today’s buzz! 🏘️🎓
🍂 Wishing everyone a cozy and restful Thanksgiving!
Hope it’s filled with good food, good company, and maybe a few throwbacks of your own
🌍 Hey UVic Geography Alumni!
We’re working on a few exciting projects behind the scenes to help connect alumni with current students.
Send us a DM or email- geography@uvic.ca so we can stay in touch.
Let’s build a stronger geography community — across years, careers, and continents
We’re working on a few exciting projects behind the scenes to help connect alumni with current students.
Send us a DM or email- geography@uvic.ca so we can stay in touch.
Let’s build a stronger geography community — across years, careers, and continents
October 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
🌍 Hey UVic Geography Alumni!
We’re working on a few exciting projects behind the scenes to help connect alumni with current students.
Send us a DM or email- geography@uvic.ca so we can stay in touch.
Let’s build a stronger geography community — across years, careers, and continents
We’re working on a few exciting projects behind the scenes to help connect alumni with current students.
Send us a DM or email- geography@uvic.ca so we can stay in touch.
Let’s build a stronger geography community — across years, careers, and continents
🌍 Mapping Minds: Meet Shannon Fargey, Associate Teaching Professor
What keeps UVic Geography’s Shannon Fargey curious? 🏕️🌧️
What keeps UVic Geography’s Shannon Fargey curious? 🏕️🌧️
October 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
🌍 Mapping Minds: Meet Shannon Fargey, Associate Teaching Professor
What keeps UVic Geography’s Shannon Fargey curious? 🏕️🌧️
What keeps UVic Geography’s Shannon Fargey curious? 🏕️🌧️
📸 We’re on an archive adventure! ✨
Diane, a longtime member of the Geography Department, popped in to say hi to the team — and it gave us the perfect excuse to dig into the archives.
Swipe to see the Geography crew: then vs. now — same warm energy 🌟just higher resolution.
Diane, a longtime member of the Geography Department, popped in to say hi to the team — and it gave us the perfect excuse to dig into the archives.
Swipe to see the Geography crew: then vs. now — same warm energy 🌟just higher resolution.
October 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
📸 We’re on an archive adventure! ✨
Diane, a longtime member of the Geography Department, popped in to say hi to the team — and it gave us the perfect excuse to dig into the archives.
Swipe to see the Geography crew: then vs. now — same warm energy 🌟just higher resolution.
Diane, a longtime member of the Geography Department, popped in to say hi to the team — and it gave us the perfect excuse to dig into the archives.
Swipe to see the Geography crew: then vs. now — same warm energy 🌟just higher resolution.
🧡 Orange Shirt Day & National Day for
Truth and Reconciliation
As we approach Orange Shirt Day and the National
Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we honour the
Survivors of residential schools, their families, and the
many children who never made it home.
Sept. 29, 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. UVic Quad
Truth and Reconciliation
As we approach Orange Shirt Day and the National
Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we honour the
Survivors of residential schools, their families, and the
many children who never made it home.
Sept. 29, 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. UVic Quad
October 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
🧡 Orange Shirt Day & National Day for
Truth and Reconciliation
As we approach Orange Shirt Day and the National
Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we honour the
Survivors of residential schools, their families, and the
many children who never made it home.
Sept. 29, 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. UVic Quad
Truth and Reconciliation
As we approach Orange Shirt Day and the National
Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we honour the
Survivors of residential schools, their families, and the
many children who never made it home.
Sept. 29, 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. UVic Quad
🏔️ Alpine ecosystems in the Sea to Sky
are under pressure
UVic geographer Dr. Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe is
leading a new research project — in partnership with
the Squamish Nation, BC Parks & more — to monitor
fragile alpine zones and co-create tools to guide
sustainable mountain stewardship.
are under pressure
UVic geographer Dr. Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe is
leading a new research project — in partnership with
the Squamish Nation, BC Parks & more — to monitor
fragile alpine zones and co-create tools to guide
sustainable mountain stewardship.
October 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
🏔️ Alpine ecosystems in the Sea to Sky
are under pressure
UVic geographer Dr. Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe is
leading a new research project — in partnership with
the Squamish Nation, BC Parks & more — to monitor
fragile alpine zones and co-create tools to guide
sustainable mountain stewardship.
are under pressure
UVic geographer Dr. Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe is
leading a new research project — in partnership with
the Squamish Nation, BC Parks & more — to monitor
fragile alpine zones and co-create tools to guide
sustainable mountain stewardship.
Arctic Fieldwork at the Top of the World
We’re excited to welcome PhD student Neil Brubacher back from the Arctic Ocean 2025 expedition — a six-week international research cruise that took him all the way to the North Pole. His research focused on sea ice thickness variability
We’re excited to welcome PhD student Neil Brubacher back from the Arctic Ocean 2025 expedition — a six-week international research cruise that took him all the way to the North Pole. His research focused on sea ice thickness variability
October 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Arctic Fieldwork at the Top of the World
We’re excited to welcome PhD student Neil Brubacher back from the Arctic Ocean 2025 expedition — a six-week international research cruise that took him all the way to the North Pole. His research focused on sea ice thickness variability
We’re excited to welcome PhD student Neil Brubacher back from the Arctic Ocean 2025 expedition — a six-week international research cruise that took him all the way to the North Pole. His research focused on sea ice thickness variability
Our new series, Mapping
Minds, spotlights the incredible staff and faculty who
keep our department curious, connected, and always
exploring
We'll find out about their favourite trips, hobbies,
go-to meals, and what keeps them curious outside the
classroom
Sign up at the link in bio!
Minds, spotlights the incredible staff and faculty who
keep our department curious, connected, and always
exploring
We'll find out about their favourite trips, hobbies,
go-to meals, and what keeps them curious outside the
classroom
Sign up at the link in bio!
October 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Our new series, Mapping
Minds, spotlights the incredible staff and faculty who
keep our department curious, connected, and always
exploring
We'll find out about their favourite trips, hobbies,
go-to meals, and what keeps them curious outside the
classroom
Sign up at the link in bio!
Minds, spotlights the incredible staff and faculty who
keep our department curious, connected, and always
exploring
We'll find out about their favourite trips, hobbies,
go-to meals, and what keeps them curious outside the
classroom
Sign up at the link in bio!
☁️🌧️ Forecast Update! 🌤️💧
Spots are still open to add a GEOG course to your schedule—
including GEOG272: Intro to Climatology & Hydrology
with Prof. Sophie Norris!
Expect a 100% chance of engaging lectures,
rising participation levels, and scattered A's across the term.
Spots are still open to add a GEOG course to your schedule—
including GEOG272: Intro to Climatology & Hydrology
with Prof. Sophie Norris!
Expect a 100% chance of engaging lectures,
rising participation levels, and scattered A's across the term.
October 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
☁️🌧️ Forecast Update! 🌤️💧
Spots are still open to add a GEOG course to your schedule—
including GEOG272: Intro to Climatology & Hydrology
with Prof. Sophie Norris!
Expect a 100% chance of engaging lectures,
rising participation levels, and scattered A's across the term.
Spots are still open to add a GEOG course to your schedule—
including GEOG272: Intro to Climatology & Hydrology
with Prof. Sophie Norris!
Expect a 100% chance of engaging lectures,
rising participation levels, and scattered A's across the term.
🎓🌍 Welcome back, Geographers!
We’re so excited to welcome both our new and
returning students! 💚
Whether you're here to map the world or just find your
way to class, we're here for you!
Find us in the B Wing, 2nd Floor of the David Turpin
Building — come say hi!
We’re so excited to welcome both our new and
returning students! 💚
Whether you're here to map the world or just find your
way to class, we're here for you!
Find us in the B Wing, 2nd Floor of the David Turpin
Building — come say hi!
October 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🎓🌍 Welcome back, Geographers!
We’re so excited to welcome both our new and
returning students! 💚
Whether you're here to map the world or just find your
way to class, we're here for you!
Find us in the B Wing, 2nd Floor of the David Turpin
Building — come say hi!
We’re so excited to welcome both our new and
returning students! 💚
Whether you're here to map the world or just find your
way to class, we're here for you!
Find us in the B Wing, 2nd Floor of the David Turpin
Building — come say hi!
New research by UVic geographers explores the conflict around fishing restrictions in the Salish Sea, introduced to help endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales.
August 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
New research by UVic geographers explores the conflict around fishing restrictions in the Salish Sea, introduced to help endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales.
The recently published Guide to the Berries of the Northwest Territories, which includes contributions from UVic Geogs Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe and Megan Francisco, documents traditional knowledge and scientific insights to monitor berry species and guide respectful harvesting.
August 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The recently published Guide to the Berries of the Northwest Territories, which includes contributions from UVic Geogs Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe and Megan Francisco, documents traditional knowledge and scientific insights to monitor berry species and guide respectful harvesting.
The Canadian Space Agency has appointed Dr. Maycira Costa (UVic Geography, SPECTRAL Remote Sensing Lab) to its Earth System Science Advisory Committee.
Congrats Maycira!
Congrats Maycira!
August 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Canadian Space Agency has appointed Dr. Maycira Costa (UVic Geography, SPECTRAL Remote Sensing Lab) to its Earth System Science Advisory Committee.
Congrats Maycira!
Congrats Maycira!
New research led by Sophie Norris provides the most comprehensive global estimates of glacier erosion to date. Using machine learning, the team analyzed over 180,000 glaciers and found that most erode between 0.02 and 2.68 millimetres per year—roughly the width of a credit card.
August 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
New research led by Sophie Norris provides the most comprehensive global estimates of glacier erosion to date. Using machine learning, the team analyzed over 180,000 glaciers and found that most erode between 0.02 and 2.68 millimetres per year—roughly the width of a credit card.
Indigenous-led energy projects in Canada are offering lessons for communities and policymakers in Australia. Christina Hoicka is among the experts highlighting how access to ownership can ensure that the energy transition advances both climate goals and Indigenous autonomy.
July 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Indigenous-led energy projects in Canada are offering lessons for communities and policymakers in Australia. Christina Hoicka is among the experts highlighting how access to ownership can ensure that the energy transition advances both climate goals and Indigenous autonomy.
New research from UVic Geography explores how drone technology can support dust storm mitigation and ecological restoration in BC’s hydroelectric reservoir landscapes.
July 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
New research from UVic Geography explores how drone technology can support dust storm mitigation and ecological restoration in BC’s hydroelectric reservoir landscapes.
Lindsay Chase, Director of Planning for the District of Saanich and longtime planning educator, has been named a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners: Canada’s highest honour in the field.
Congrats Lindsay!
Congrats Lindsay!
July 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Lindsay Chase, Director of Planning for the District of Saanich and longtime planning educator, has been named a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners: Canada’s highest honour in the field.
Congrats Lindsay!
Congrats Lindsay!
Dr. Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe has received an NSERC Discovery Grant and a Northern Research Supplement for her project, “Berry species in a changing Arctic: spatial distribution and trophic interactions.”
Congratulations Noémie!
Congratulations Noémie!
July 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Dr. Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe has received an NSERC Discovery Grant and a Northern Research Supplement for her project, “Berry species in a changing Arctic: spatial distribution and trophic interactions.”
Congratulations Noémie!
Congratulations Noémie!